Detachable buckle.



M. BARABASZ.

DETACHABLB BUCKLE. APPLIUATION FILED Nov. 27, 1905.

PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

rrn sr DETACHABLE BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

ippncnion 'ned November 27.1905. serial No. 289.146.

To all 'whom it rrr/Ly concern:

Be it known that I, MrEeZYsLAw BARA- BAsZ, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have in ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Buckles, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in detachable buckles, and has forits object to improve the construction of buckles used for securing theends of straps or webbing together-much, for example, as suspender,trousers, vest, orv belt strapsl The object of the present invention isto provide a construction of buckle that is without a tongue andpreferably made of a single piece of metal and which may be readilyattached to or detached from the ends of the straps by reason of thefact that no stitching is required and which may also be easily adjustedand then securely held without injury to the strap or web.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichhFigure 1 shows a perspective view of the buckle. Fig. 2 illustrates asectional view showing the position which the ends of the straps or webhave when threaded through the various slots of the buckle. Fig. 3 is afront or outer view of the buckle with straps attached. Fig. 4 shows arear or inner view of the buckle and straps engaged, and Fig. 5illustrates a perspective view of the buckle slightly modified in oneparticular.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the entire buckle isformed or stamped from a single metal plate and is without a tongue orother movable part. The buckle isformed with parallel side bars 1 andend bars 2 and 3, which are parallel with each other and extend at rightangles with respect to and connect the side bars. The inner edge 4 ofthe end bar 2 is provided with laterallyextending and inwardly-inclinedteeth 5- that is, teeth that incline toward the inner side 6 of thebuckle.

Adjacent the end bar 2 is a parallel crossbar 7. The ends of thiscross-bar 7, which connects the two side bars 1, form an angle withrespect to both the cross-bar itself and also with respect te the endbars 1, and thereby this cross -bar projects outwardly and has positionin a plane beyond the outer surface 8 of the other bars. One edge 9 ofthis cross-bar 7 is rounded or turns inwardly, and this rounded edge hasposition in front of the inclined teeth 5 on the end bar 2. Parallelwith the opposite side 'of the said bar 7 the buckle has another andcentral cross-bar 10, also with angle ends like the bar 7, whichprojects it outwardly in a plane beyond' the outer surface 8 of theother bars. This central cross-bar 10 has teeth 11 projecting toward theadjoining raised bar 7.

Between the toothed cross-bar 10 and the end bar 3 the buckle isprovided with two short bars 12. These two short bars are each attachedto one of the side bars 1 by ends that form an angle and cause the shortbars to be depressed inwardly from the outer side of the buckle, wherethey have position in a plane beyond the inner surfaces of thecross-bars 7 and 10. These two short bars 4may extend from opposite sidebars toward each other, as in Fig. 1, or they may unite in a singledepressed bar 13, extending entirely across from one side bar to theother, as seen in Fig. 5, the object being to provide a device at theinner side of the buckle-plate beneath which one of the strap or bandends may pass, whereby to secure said end without the necessity ofstitching, as will now be fully described.I

By reference to Figs. 2, 3, and 1 it will be seen that two straps 14 and15 or two ends of the same strap are to be secured to the buckle. Thestrap end 14 is designed to be iirst secured in its proper position andthe adjustment then made by means of the other strap end 15. The end 17of the strap 14 is fed from the inner side 6 of the buckle out throughthe slot 16 between the end bar 3 and the depressed bars 12, then overthe toothed bar 10, and finally back beneath the latter bar, so as tocover said bar, and again over the depressed bars 12. It will thus beseen that the extreme end 17 of this strap will be held in toward thebuckle-plate and close in contact with itself by the depressed bars 12,and by this means the said strap end will be secured to the buckle bymeans of the teeth 11 on the outer bar 10, and no stitching whatever isrequired. By forming the depressed bars 12 in two parts, which pointtoward each other, as in Fig. 1, instead of having a continuous bar 13,as in Fig. 5, the strap end 17 may be more readily passed over the saidbars to secure it by working first one edge of said strap and then theother edge over said bars. It is to be understood, however, that thecontinuous bar 13 may be used, if desired. The strap end 15 is passedIIO from the inner side of the buckle-plate through the slot 18, thenover the rounded` edge 9 of the outwardly-projecting cross-bar 7, andalso over the folded part of strap end 14, and inally through the slot16 and beneath the end bar 3, as shown. rIhis strap end is held by theteeth 5. In making an adjustment to loosen the strap end 15 the latterWill be pulled in a direct or substantially direct line through theslots 18 and 16 to be released from the teeth 5, and it will readily1solide over the rounded edge 9 of the cross- It is to be understoodthat the term web' or strap7 may mean the two ends of the same strap,such as a belt, and the speciiication should be construed accordingly.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A single-piece buckle having side bars connected by end bars, and oneof the end bars provided with inwardly-inclined teeth while the otherend bar is plain and smooth, and also having a cross-bar, 7, adjacentsaid toothed end bar-said cross-bar having ends which form an angle withrespect to both the cross-bar itself and also the side bars, whereby thecross-bar projects outwardly in a plane beyond the end bars, and thatside of the cross-bar which confronts the said inclined teeth beingrounded and curved inwardly, and said buckle also having anothercrossbar which also projects outwardly in a plane beyond the end barsand is provided with teeth which project toward the Erst-namedcross-bar.

2. A single-piece buckle having side bars connected by end bars, and oneof the end bars provided with teeth while the other end bar is plain andsmooth, and also having a cross-bar, 7, adjacent said toothed endbarsaid cross-bar having ends which form an angle with respect to boththe cross-bar itself and also the side bars, whereby the cross-barprojects outwardly in a plane beyond the end bars, said buckle alsohaving another crossbar which also projects outwardly in a plane beyondthe end bars and is provided with teeth which project toward theErst-named crossbar; and a bar adjacent the plain smooth end bar anddepressed inwardly in a plane beyond the inner surfaces of the said twocross-bars.

3. A single-piece buckle having side bars connected by end bars, and oneof the end bars provided with teeth while the other end bar is plain andsmooth; two parallel crossbars one only of which is provided with teethand two short bars extending toward each other and adjacent the saidplain smooth end bar, and depressed inwardly in a plane be yond theinner surfaces of said two cross-bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MIECZYSLAW BARABASZ.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, Jr., JOHN W. HEwEs.

